Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Not a good day for WES

5 comments:

Hey, at least it involved the 2001 vehicle, so this won't have a material impact on WES operations. It just means that they can't run a two-car train with the DMU equipment. People might actually have to sit next to each other!!

Yeah, Jason. Let's let TriMet blow a few hundred thousand more dollars to do that.

The DMUs and RDCs are not MU compatible - meaning that you wouldn't be able to control the RDC from the cab of the DMU (or vice-versa). Wouldn't be a problem if there was a way to turn the train around at the end of the run...but...that can't be done in TriMet's wonderful implementation of commuter rail. Only way to turn a train around is in Hillsboro or Cook.